Raffle

[Raf·fle]

A raffle is a type of contest in which you buy a ticket for a chance to win a prize. After the tickets are sold, a drawing determines which ticket holds the winning number. People raffle off everything from fruit baskets to cars.

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A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.

Noun
a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

Verb
dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas"


v.
A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.

v.
A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.

v. i.
To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

v. t.
To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.


Raffle

Raf"fle , n. [F. rafle; faire rafle to sweep stakes, fr. rafter to carry or sweep away, rafler tout to sweep stakes; of German origin; cf. G. raffeln to snatch up, to rake. See Raff, v.] 1. A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor. 2. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Raffle

Raf"fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raffled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Raffling .] To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

Raffle

Raf"fle, v. t. To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.

To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

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